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Education Reform

Improving Education

Before mid-1800, there were no formal education policies. Vermont and Massachusetts were the first two states to make school attendance a law. At that time, children of all ages were taught in the same classroom. Leaders in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts began pushing education and other states joined their lead. By the 1850s, every state had some form of public schooling. States in the South and far West took several year to establish public schools.

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By Kelsie Hauser

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